I] 



nut-brown, uniform in colour. Sap- 



section : 



tided e\ r e, size 2 to 3, uniform : 



;,- lal . a zone in the outer side of the ring 



. ; to 25 per sq. mm. : single or- in subdivided 



Town in the solid : 

 tening. 



m : equidistant : long : 



the ground- tissue : 



pore or less apart. 



irom pores at 



extremely fine bo 



Perhaps the fine boundar ;rcling 



ics concen 'nkingtlv 



Radial Secti*. han the Transverse section,. 



open, empty, cellular grooves, some shining, others red' 

 but not quite th resin. R; -ings, not 



traceable. 



Tar :. As the K t the rays are minute 



lines abou .m. high. 



irom commercial sources, unauthenticated- 



No. 214. CELERY PINE. Phyllocladus tricho- 

 manoides. D. Don. 

 PLATE XVI. FIG. 136. 



Natural Order. C 

 Synonyms. P. rhomboidalis. Rich. 



Alternative Names. Celery- topped Pine (12). Celery-leaved 

 Pine (61). Tauekaha or Tanekaha (91), 



fee of Supply. aland only: " almost confined to the 



Auckland district" (91). 



Physical Characters, c'c. Recorded dry-weight 47^ Ibs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness, Grade 6, compare English Beech or rather 

 softer. Smell faint but >\hen worked, like bad cheese. Taste 

 terebinthine like Pine. P- nrns well," ignites readily : no specific 

 aroma : embers glow dully in still air. /Solution colourless. 

 Bark. Surface of the .clow the bark is reddish-brown, 



vly channelled and snvwrh to the touch. 

 Uses, etc. "Strong, fit 1 planking and carpentry 



40-70 ft. long by 1-3 ft. 

 in moist situations " (57). 

 mpact wood nifer. 



Perceval (91), p. 66. Laslett (61), 434. Kew 



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